OCD

[lunathenia]

Game gives you OCD

or

You had OCD before playing this?

Answer! gogo~

 

[infinikitten]

You would know if you had actual OCD before playing this, and a game can't give you a mental disorder. But if you mean this game made you anal-retentive about things being in specific places or organized certain ways, yeah, I can see that.

 

[Arabelle]

Well, I don't really have an OCD but a lot of times I tend to be a perfectionist.. (I'm a psychology major so I wouldn't easily label people with mental disorders, but anyways,)

When I was plot resetting for my dreamies, yeaa, I was being pretty picky. I had this main paths all planned and I HAD to get my villagers in certain areas (most was just 1 tile off).. Now my villagers' houses are lined up pretty nicely so I'm happy. LOL none of my dreamies really gave me a hard time either.. Longest I spent plot resetting was probbly like 2-3 hours.. (From what I've read some people spend days plot resetting, so yeah.. xD)

 

[zoetrope]

I was like this before Animal Crossing was even a glimmer in Nintendo's eye.

 

[lunathenia]

You would know if you had actual OCD before playing this, and a game can't give you a mental disorder. But if you mean this game made you anal-retentive about things being in specific places or organized certain ways, yeah, I can see that.

Oh sorry, I was being insensitive. Idk so many people use the word OCD commonly to describe OCD like behaviors when in fact they're nowhere near "OCD." Like in this group job interview I had for a movie theatre, some woman in her 30s tried to emphasize that she's OCD when it comes to cleanliness as one of her main points... (pretty sure managers are tired of listening to boring generic phrases like that)...

Anyways what I meant by game gives you OCD was, has those behaviors from ACNL changed you in how you do things irl?

Also about this "games can't give you a mental disorder." Sure it can. Addiction is a type of mental disorder and severe cases can be really disturbing. It can also become a trigger for things like suicide, homocide, and murder in extreme cases. In fact, armies use high graphic video games in order to get rid of sympathy and empathy or any other emotion, in order to create "machine like" assassins/soldiers.

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I was like this before Animal Crossing was even a glimmer in Nintendo's eye.

May I ask what it's like to have OCD? And what you're OCD is?

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Well, I don't really have an OCD but a lot of times I tend to be a perfectionist.. (I'm a psychology major so I wouldn't easily label people with mental disorders, but anyways,)

When I was plot resetting for my dreamies, yeaa, I was being pretty picky. I had this main paths all planned and I HAD to get my villagers in certain areas (most was just 1 tile off).. Now my villagers' houses are lined up pretty nicely so I'm happy. LOL none of my dreamies really gave me a hard time either.. Longest I spent plot resetting was probbly like 2-3 hours.. (From what I've read some people spend days plot resetting, so yeah.. xD)

Haha ya that's pretty lucky. I read somewhere on the forum that it took her 500h+ lol.... Ah you're so lucky studying psych I wanted to but my parents were 100% against it and also didn't think that I'm not suited to be a counselor. W.e I only wanted to study it b/c I think it's interesting so psych can be learned through electives, youtube, books, etc.

 

[zoetrope]

May I ask what it's like to have OCD? And what you're OCD is?

Sorry it took me so long to notice this. I'm embarrassed to say this but... I haven't actually been diagnosed with OCD. Big shock! I'm pretty certain that I would be diagnosed with it if I ever brought it up to a doctor but it's relatively mild for me. It comes and goes. The problems I typically have are with hand washing and checking locks and light switches. And I mean washing my hands multiple times in a row without realizing that it isn't normal--I'm talking 10-20 times in one evening. Or spending way too much time going around the house checking whether the doors are locked and all of the lights are turned off at night (like checking the same door 10+ times). I only get like that occasionally so I deal with it pretty well.

My sister, on the other hand, had it pretty bad--at least when we were children. She did things like turn lights on and off a certain number of time and such.

 

[Punchyleaf]

I suffer from OCD. Actually diagnosed, not self diagnosis. ^^; infortunately it's pretty much my worst enemy. Mine has to do with even numbers. Everything has to be done in a certain even number to feel right enough to continue with what I'm doing.

Also intrusive thoughts. Now thinking about it, THAT is much more worse than me having to scrub my hands or do things a certain amount of time. I would not wish intrusive thoughts upon even my worse enemy

It has affected my ACNL gameplay, but thankfully not enough to dissuade me from playing.

 

[lunathenia]

Sorry it took me so long to notice this. I'm embarrassed to say this but... I haven't actually been diagnosed with OCD. Big shock! I'm pretty certain that I would be diagnosed with it if I ever brought it up to a doctor but it's relatively mild for me. It comes and goes. The problems I typically have are with hand washing and checking locks and light switches. And I mean washing my hands multiple times in a row without realizing that it isn't normal--I'm talking 10-20 times in one evening. Or spending way too much time going around the house checking whether the doors are locked and all of the lights are turned off at night (like checking the same door 10+ times). I only get like that occasionally so I deal with it pretty well.

My sister, on the other hand, had it pretty bad--at least when we were children. She did things like turn lights on and off a certain number of time and such.

I suffer from OCD. Actually diagnosed, not self diagnosis. ^^; infortunately it's pretty much my worst enemy. Mine has to do with even numbers. Everything has to be done in a certain even number to feel right enough to continue with what I'm doing.

Also intrusive thoughts. Now thinking about it, THAT is much more worse than me having to scrub my hands or do things a certain amount of time. I would not wish intrusive thoughts upon even my worse enemy

It has affected my ACNL gameplay, but thankfully not enough to dissuade me from playing.

Any idea when it began or why?
I had an obsession with not eating fat for 1 year after seeing a real lump of fat (from intestinal operation) while volunteering at a hospital when I was in my teens... It just looked so disgusting... and I stupidly decide to eat as little fat as possible. :/

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decided*

 

[Punchyleaf]

I've had it for basically my entire life. The details really don't matter on this specific board since this one is for posting about ACNL stuff. Though if you were to move this thread / begin a new thread in "brewsters cafe" it would be more appropriate. Unfortunately I can't help you since it's very easy to self diagnose and decide "I must have *disorder*"
If you have any worries of possibly having it, it's best you see someone who can help you be diagnosed and stuff, as people from the Internet arent very reliable with this sort of matter. And it's hard to compare one case to another since it varies to each individual ^^

 

[Tap Dancer]

I actually do have OCD (which was diagnosed by a psychiatrist), but I'm not going to discuss my personal issues here. However, I did stop playing WW for a few years because it became an obsession and I didn't like it. I'm playing NL a bit differently, so I feel more in control this time. I think it helps that I play a month in advance and I take 2 day breaks once in a while. By playing ahead, I can skip days and I don't fall behind in the game. I just keep track of my last play date and adjust my 3DS accordingly when I'm ready to start again.